Anderson Cooper 360, Friday, September 30, 2011

Anderson Cooper opened AC360 with the breaking news of the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki ~

BREAKING NEWS -
U.S. WARNS OF RETALIATORY ATTACKS, Aftern American-born al Qaeda cleric is killed in drone strike: Report by Anderson Cooper
Panel: Fran Townsend, Barbara Starr, Jill Dougherty, Peter Bergen

AMERICAN-BORN AL QAEDA CLERIC KILLED, Source: al-Awlaki wanted to use WMD in attack against U.S.: Anderson and Jeff Toobin discuss the legal issues

CODE NAME, OPERATION TROY, Anwar al-Awlaki killed by U.S. drone strike in Yemen: Anderson's interview with Ali Soufan, Fmr. FBI Supervisory Special Agent about al-Aelaki's importance within Arabian Peninsula al Qaeda

360 BULLETIN: Isha Sesay

DOCTOR ON TRIAL: Report by Randi Kaye on the latest in the Conrad Murray Trial
Follow up: Anderson Cooper talks to Randi Kaye, Sanjay Gupta and Mark Geragos

360 BULLETIN: Isha Sesay

Anderson gave a shout out to the app on FACEBOOK.COM/STOPBULLYINGSPEAKUP and the AC360 series of special reports on Bullying: It Stops Here starting October 9th

THE RIDICULIST: Anyone Who Sneezes

BLOGGER'S COMMENTARY: Those of you who follow me on Twitter will know I haven't been exactly happy with the content of AC360 for the last week or so. I, also, give credit where credit is due and tonight's 360 got it right, in my opinion. I know it was the big news of the day, but Anderson did a nice job with his opening report and the first half of the program had good guests with intelligent discussions, looking at different aspects of the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki. I've come to accept that the Conrad Murray trial will be a nightly segment and I do enjoy Sanjay. All in all a good program and on a Friday night! Thanks, Anderson and Team 360 ~ Wonz


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Anna Faris: Was My Ex The One?

Anderson opened today's program with Anna Faris, star of the movie "What's Your Number". They discussed the movie and Anna's personal experience with finding "Mr. Right" ~

After the break Anna was back for another segment which included psychotherapist, Heide Banks sharing from the audience ~



Next on the program was Ashley Brinkman who thinks her ex-boyfriend, Jeff Ray might be the one. First Ashley shared their story and her feelings on Jeff since the break-up. Jeff then joined Anderson and Ashley on stage and the two discussed where they are currently. Heide Banks was still in the audience and started out her advice to Ashley and Jeff by saying, "Love is amazing and relationships are so hard. When you come in with a limited point of view, called I want my partner to be different, it's nearly impossible."

In the next segment we met Janet Nodine, who saved a break-up letter for nearly thirty years. Chris, author of the letter, joined Anderson and Janet on stage. We find out that Chris married someone else after leaving Janet the letter in 1982. In 2009 Chris contacted Janet through an e-mail to her business and in August of 2011 they got married. The last part of the show dealt with Heide Banks' three things you need to do before you revisit the past. #1 You've got to forgive 'em and forget about everything that went on in the past; #2 You've got to go slow, really slow, because you are just getting started to know each other again; and #3, the most important thing, we all have memories of what that relationship was like, it's about what's happening right now...so meet the new every day.

There were more questions from the audience before Anderson thanked his guests and ended the program.

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Anderson on The Joy Behar Show 9/29/11

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Anderson Cooper 360, Thursday, September 29, 2011

Anderson Cooper was live from the New York studio tonight for AC360 ~

KTH: CHILD PORN OR FREE SPEECH, Reddit's Jailbait Website Under Scrutiny: Report by Anderson Cooper
Follow up: Jeff Toobin and Sunny Hostin

RAISIN CAIN, Straw Poll Win, Debates Give Boost: Anderson Cooper with Cornell Belcher and Ari Fleischer

RARE LOOK AT KNOX BEHIND BARS, Inside the Italian Prison Where Amanda Knox Is Being Held: Anderson Cooper with Matthew Chance

360 BULLETIN: Isha Sesay

MICHAEL JACKSON DEATH TRIAL: Report and follow discussion with Randi Kaye
Follow: Sanjay Gupta & Mark Geragos

360 BULLETIN: Isha Sesay

Anderson talks to Erin Burnett OutFront premieres Monday at 7:00PM ET on CNN

RidicuList: Unpaid Interns...


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Anderson: Former FLDS Teens, Plus, Kody Brown & 'Sister Wives'

Anderson opened today's program giving a rundown on today's guests and why he decided to do a second program on polygamy ~

Jessica, Thomas, LeRae and Holden, four kids who recently got out of the FLDS sect, were back to discuss growing up in the isolated community and the week they spent in NYC. None said they would raise their families in a polygamist family. The following clip shows some of their adventures and reactions ~



Next we were introduced to the "stars" of TLC's "Sister Wives" a polygamist family that is not part of the FLDS group. Kody Brown has four wives and 16 children. His fourth wife Robyn is 8 months pregnant with their her first child (Kody's 17th)joined via Satellite from LasVegas because she is due next month. Meri - wife #1, Janelle - wife #2 and Christine - wife #3 joined Kody on stage and 4 of his kids joined the discussion via satellite with Robyn. They discussed having multiple wives, wife order, life on the reality series and a current lawsuit over violation of polygamy laws in Utah. They claim they are more scared of the police than of the government. Anderson didn't seem to grasp the concept of multiple wives and I'm not sure I do either; even after hearing the "Sister Wives" defend their lifestyle.

Audience questions were asked and after a break Anderson brought the two groups together for a very interesting and heartbreaking segment ~

Anderson ended the program stating his interest in the subject and thanking his guests for taking part ~



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Anderson Cooper on The Late Show With David Letterman

Anderson was a guest of David Letterman's on Wednesday night's The Late Show With David Letterman. Dave and Anderson had a little pre-interview fun ~

Once Anderson made it out of the back room with the Alpaca and onto the set, talk turned to serious issues in Haiti, Egypt, Syria and Libya. Toward the end of the interview, Dave asked Anderson if he was trying to be the new Oprah, since Oprah was fired. (Fans of Dave's would expect nothing less of him when talking Oprah.) Then Dave asked Anderson why he hadn't been invited to be a guest on 'Anderson' and silliness ensued! Enjoy ~



We found a few arrival pictures at ContactMusic.com (please remember to click to enlarge) ~


And from Socialitelife.com ~




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Wednesday's The RidicuList: Nancy's Wardrobe Critics

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360 on Wednesday September 28th

AMERICAN ACCUSED OF MODEL AIRPLANE BOMB PLOT: Discussion with Brian Todd and Fran Townsend

KEEPING THEM HONEST: BOTCHED ATF GUN STING: Report by Anderson cooper
Further information by Drew Griffin

ARIZ. SHERIFF: ATF IS ACCOMPLICE TO MURDER: Interview with Sheriff Paul Babeu

'TITANIC STRUGGLE': Details from John King
Further conversation with Paul Begala and Cornell Belcher

360 BULLETIN: Isha Sesay

MICHAEL JACKSON DEATH TRIAL: Report by Randi Kaye
Continued discussion with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Marcia Clark and Mark Geragos

360 BULLETIN: Isha Sesay

THE RIDICULIST: The Nancy's Wardrobe Critics


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Anderson: Cast of the Movie "50/50"

Anderson opened today's program talking about his guests - the cast of the movie "50/50" - why he wanted to do the program, his love of movies and introduced Seth Rogan ~

Anderson tried something new today - asking Seth to be his guest co-host, they talked about Nancy Grace's DWTS wardrobe malfunction, Anderson played his favorite 911-call about the cops making pot brownies (we've seen this on AC360 a number of times), the videos of Courtney Stodding (think a couple of AC360 RidicuLists), and Anderson showed a photo an "Anderfan" tweeted of his nephew who looks like a young Anderson.

After the commercial break Will Reiser (Seth's personal friend and screenwriter of "50/50" ) and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who plays Will in the movie) joined Anderson and Seth on stage to talk about the movie ~



Next we are introduced to Angelic Huston, who plays Joe's mom in the movie and she discusses the impact making the movie had on her life ~



Finally, we meet Anna Kendrick, who plays Joe's therapist in the movie ~



Anderson took to the audience and introduced us to Amy and Olivia. Amy was in need of a liver transplant and Olivia donated half of her liver. They shared their story and talked about how humor helped them through the experience. More audience questions followed.

In the last clip we hear Angelica talking about working with her father, Will and Seth's "F-it" list, and how Will is doing health wise today ~



Anderson closed the program by thanking his guests and saying he would see us tomorrow.


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Wednesday Extras

Erin Burnett tweeted the following photo from her CNN "OutFront" launch party ~


We found more photos from the event on Life.com ~

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 27: (Left to right) CNN managing editor Mark Whitaker, CNN worldwide president Jim Walton, CNN anchor/correspondent Anderson Cooper, CNN anchor/correspondent Erin Burnett, CNN host of 'Piers Morgan Tonight' Piers Morgan, and CNN executive vice president Ken Jauta attend the launch party for CNN's 'Erin Burnett OutFront' at Robert atop the Museum of Arts and Design on September 27, 2011 in New York City.

Anderson did another UStream Ask Anderson Live on Monday ~

Click here to watch the recording of the event.

And remember, in addition to two talk show tapings and AC360, Anderson will be a guest on The Late Show With David Letterman tonight. We will have it covered for you.

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Tuesday's RidicuList: Brad Marchand's Tattoo Artist

No SHOT tonight, but there was some good Anderson/Isha banter ~

The RidicuList: Brad Marchand's Tattoo Artist



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Anderson Cooper 360 Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011

KEEPING THEM HONEST, BULLIED TO DEATH: Anderson Cooper reporting
Follow up interview with Alyssa Rodemeyer, sister of Jamey Rodemeyer
Follow up discussion with Rosalind Wiseman and by phone with Dr. Scott Martzloff, school superintendent

RAW POLITICS, PICKING A PRESIDENT: Political Panel: Ari Fleischer, Dana Loesch and Ron Carey

DOCTOR ON TRAIL: Randi Kaye reporting
Discussion with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Jeffrey Toobin and Marcia Clark

360 NEWS & BUSINESS BULLETIN: Isha Sesay

THE RIDICULIST: Brad Marchand's Tattoo Artist

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Anderson: Anderson's Food Intervention

Anderson opened the program from his kitchen and showed us what was in his fridge. He then went on to discuss his relationship with food, what foods were the mainstay of his diet, and we met his assistant Joey who's responsible for the daily run to Boston Market for Anderson's lunch ~

Anderson's first guest was Sondra Kronberg, an eating disorder specialist and nutrition therapist, with whom he discussed his eating habits and she suggested reasons for why he eats the way he does ~



Next we were introduced to Joyce and Marla who have extremely limited diets - think french fries and bread - and after hearing their story Anderson offers a taste challenge to them. They decline, but Anderson tries coffee, brussel sprouts and...

...spinach! (I agree with Anderson !)



Next Anderson took to the audience where Sondra discussed types of disordered eaters ~

and then some audience members shared their strange eating habits, and there was a discussion of people having varying amounts of taste buds and how that effects our eating; and the audience was given an opportunity to take a sour taste test to test their taste buds. (Apparently Anderson has few to none?)

Next we met Anderson's friend, Antonia and her five children, who were Skyped in from Boston, MA. They talked about the challenge of getting the family to eat together...

and Laurie David, author of the book The Family Dinner joined Anderson to discuss, you guessed it, the family dinner and why it's important.



Next we were introduced to the Lord family (via a video)and they shared the challenges they face with sitting down to a meal as a family. Anderson offered them a challenge ~



After another video of a camera crew documenting their challenge, they joined Anderson and Laurie David at a table to discuss what they learned from the challenge ~



Anderson closed the program by offering the studio and at home audience a chance to join Anderson's Sunday Supper Club ~


And a couple of extras from andersoncooper.com (click on the hotlink below for more info.)

First is an audience question about Anderson working out ~



And the second is a backstage peek of Anderson meeting today's food guests ~



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